Health & Safety Business Partner
In this role, you won't just keep us compliant, you'll be a partner, a coach and a guiding voice who helps teams understand risk, make great decisions and create safer ways of working. From safety-critical risk and occupational health to emergency preparedness, you'll be right in the mix helping our people stay healthy, informed and protected.
You'll also be part of a supportive QHS team that shares ideas, learns together and leads continuous improvement across the business. If you love bringing clarity to complexity, enjoy working with diverse groups and take pride in making workplaces safer and healthier for everyone - you'll thrive here.
About us
Passionate, curious and innovative are a few words that describe our people. We are powering the future, connecting communities and igniting innovation. Orion owns and operates the electricity distribution network that provides power to central Canterbury. As the third largest electricity distribution network in New Zealand, we cover remote rural areas, regional towns and the city of Christchurch.
We are an essential service and take our responsibilities seriously. We are community owned and working here means a career with meaning and purpose that makes a difference in your very own neighbourhood.
The role
- Lead and advise as a subject matter expert on safety critical risk management, including coordinate programme development, implementation and effectiveness monitoring in high risk and diverse settings
- Partner with teams across the business to lift safety capability and culture by coaching leaders and supporting frontline teams; building confidence so safety becomes a natural part of how people work
- Support incident reviews, occupational health initiatives, injury management, audits, training sessions and facilitate continuous improvement workshops
- Help teams design safer work processes to strengthen emergency preparedness
- Translate data, insights and legislation into simple, human-centred actions people can use
- Champion best-practice QHS across employees, Health & Safety committee, contractors and service partners to lift safety standards
About you
- A qualification in Health and Safety (NEBOSH or NZQA L6)
- At least 5 years' relevant technical experience, including experience in a similar Business Partnering role
- Understanding of risk assessment facilitation (i.e. Bow-Tie, Critical Risk/Critical Controls analysis)
- Able to build trust throughout the business functions through leadership, coaching and development of ongoing improvement programmes, with an understanding in applying contemporary quality, health and safety principles
- Able to influence teams across the business to lift safety capability and culture. Coach leaders and support frontline teams building confidence so safety becomes a natural part of how people work
We offer
You'll find at Orion, you can come as you are and just be you. You will be joining a workplace that values who you are, the work you do, and the way you think. Importantly, we offer:
- Flexible working arrangements, and flexible locations with our Head office in Burnside and satellite offices in Rolleston and Ferrymead
- Three days of “My Days” leave
- A broad range of workplace benefits, from a wellbeing allowance to our holiday house in Hanmer!
You might be surprised to find out that the company that brings the power to your home is innovative, inclusive, progressive, and quite good fun.
To apply
We encourage you to be you in your application! We are truly committed to diversity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in these areas, but you do need to be on board with learning.
Please reach out to us with any questions at zoe.dalton@oriongroup.co.nz. Due to the time of year, please expect delays in processing times as we will be conducting interviews for this role in the New Year.
To learn more about us, check out our careers site to find out more about working at Orion.
You must have the right to live and work in New Zealand to apply for this job. Pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.
